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1:01Breaking news tonight. FBI agents now investigating bombshell accusations rocking Alaska Senate race. The DOJ announcing a surge of agents into Alaska amid allegations of Democratic dirty tricks. Our reporter on the ground there speaking with voters. Does this change their vote? Plus, the major shakeup to President Trump's campaign blitz, canceling rallies in key battleground states only to add them back. With the midterms just days away, why the sudden change? The brutal tech meltdown on Wall Street, Intel, seeing its worst drop in decades. The U.S. government, which owns a stake, losing billions, plus the massive crypto hack, more than$6 billion stolen by North Korea.

1:46Mass protests erupting in Italy, spiraling to all-out chaos. are Richard Engel on the ground in the middle of the clashes. New body cam video of the moment an ICE officer runs over a man with his car, the charge he now faces. The fireball on a highway nearly engulfing two police officers, how they narrowly escaped. Plus, the AI app that predicts when you'll die. We speak with a reporter who tested it out about how it changed his life. Top Story starts right now.

2:21And good evening. We begin tonight with those fast-moving developments in the final push to Election Day. Federal prosecutors sending a surge of agents to Alaska to investigate the alleged scheme to trick voters. The FBI interviewing the people featured in that bombshell New York Times report who were allegedly involved in a scheme by Democrats to stack the ballot to confuse Republican voters by finding a second man named Dan Sullivan to run against the incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan. Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola insisting she was not involved, saying, quote, I knew nothing. Our team on the ground talking to Alaskans about how this could impact their vote and the stakes could not be higher.

3:01The race in Alaska is neck and neck and could determine which party wins control of the Senate. Both parties blitzing the battlegrounds in these final four days. This is a live look in the rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, where President Trump is expected to take the stage at any moment. You can see the candidate for governor there, Florida's governor, Byron Donald on stage right now. The president abruptly changing his campaign strategy in the final push last night, canceling rallies scheduled in Kansas and Iowa this weekend. Before quickly adding them back in, though, we'll get to Gabe Gutierrez traveling with the president in Florida in a moment.

3:35But first, NBC's Steve Patterson leads us off live in Alaska. Tonight, the growing criminal investigation into Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola's Senate campaign. What we've learned recently has been deeply troubling. Federal prosecutors say they've surged FBI agents to figure out if laws were broken in an alleged scheme to trick Alaska voters. Anyone who tries to illegally deceive voters and interfere with the election will answer for it. All after that bombshell report in The New York Times about a secret Democratic plot to sabotage the campaign of Republican Senator Dan Sullivan by placing another candidate with the same name on the ballot to confuse voters.

4:13The Times reporting Peltola's campaign worked with National Democrats, eventually finding a man named Dan J. Sullivan to run. Tonight, we spoke to people in Anchorage. Are you disappointed in the Democrats in this?

4:28I mean, if the basis is true, then yes, of course, it's very disappointing. That's less than honest, you know. At least 60 ,000 Alaskans have already voted. Any confusion filling out the ballot? No confusion. It's clear that he is the incumbent. Were you confused about which Dan Sullivan it was? I wasn't, but I'm sure there's other people that will be. Overnight, Peltola denying any involvement, and so has the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee. I knew nothing about any other candidates on the ballot except for me and the incumbent. With Senator Sullivan slamming Peltola for the alleged scheme.

5:06One thing Alaskans don't like is to be treated with contempt and disdain. And that's what she's done. Steve Patterson joins us live from Anchorage. Steve, let's go back to that New York Times report you mentioned. You have new reporting that the FBI started to reach out to people that were quoted inside that story? Yeah, they're reaching out. In fact, we confirmed the FBI contacted an insurance manager, commented in that article, quoted in that article, I should say, who said, quote, I think obviously it doesn't feel right. It felt gross at the time in relation to saying that he was asked to run for Senate as well.

5:39Tom? Okay, Steve Patterson there in Alaska for us talking to those voters. We're also following the sudden shakeup from President Trump, scrapping major rallies in the final days of the campaign, only to add them back hours later. Gabe Gutierrez is traveling with the president. Tonight, President Trump shaking up his closing campaign push. First, abruptly canceling two rallies this weekend in Kansas and Iowa, before suddenly today adding them back. We got a call from Iowa and from the people and from my friends that are very, very good. And we have a couple of races that are very important. And they said if you could go, it would be better than a tele-rally.

6:20It comes just a day after he railed against a reporter for asking whether he was sick of traveling. I feel perfect. You are disgusting. Now in Michigan, the Senate race between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is getting even more heated. What's his name? JV Dance? They keep sending JV here. JV's got zero charisma. El-Sayed now set to campaign on Sunday for the first time with his Democratic primary opponent, Haley Stevens. Though just days ago, her fiancé, a prominent Jewish Democrat, said he's voting for Rogers, pointing to El-Sayed's views on Israel. He makes my community less safe.

6:58He makes a lot of, he makes a lot of communities less safe. But Stevens is calling Sunday's event a unifying moment. Grateful that we get to go out there and build together the movement that we need to win. El Sayed was pressed on why it took so long to campaign with her. Really asking the questions that people want to hear, really. This is about the key things. Why can't I afford my groceries? Why does it take me until Sunday to campaign with somebody? Ask me a serious question. Here in Florida, where the president speaks tonight, the governor's race between GOP Congressman Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly is drawing attention.

7:32Carmen Clark supports Jolly. Right now, people are like, am I going to pay for gas or am I going to pay for groceries? Suzanne Oliver voted early for Donalds and appreciates the president campaigning here. Is he helping or hurting by getting on the road? I think he's helping. He's making the base get so excited. All right, Gabe joins us now live from that rally in Daytona Beach, Florida. So, Gabe, Florida used to be the ultimate battleground. It has turned more and more red. So, Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, is actually putting something out, saying he's a little concerned about the voter turnout when it comes to Republicans in his state.

8:09So, what's going on? Yeah, that's right, Tom. Governor DeSantis is warning that he thinks Republicans are underperforming so far in the early vote. Now, I just spoke with Byron Donald's a gubernatorial candidate just a short time ago. He says that he thinks GOP turnout will be much better on election day on Tuesday. But meanwhile, Tom, President Trump just landed here in Florida. He's expected to take the stage in just a short time. And by the way, according to a White House official, he is traveling with the Attorney General, Todd Blanche. Of course, this comes amid all that controversy up in Alaska, Tom.

8:44Yeah, it'll be interesting to see if they mention it. Gabe, we thank you for that. I want to bring in our political pros who are watching all of these raceless closely, Republican strategists and NBC News political analyst Matt Gorman and Democratic strategist and former chief of staff to the Biden White House press office, Yemesi Egbowale. Both good friends to Top Story. We thank you for being here. So Matt, let's get started where Gabe left off there with President Trump's blitz. Look, on one hand, people aren't talking about gas prices and the economy and inflation. They're talking about why is the president rescheduling?

9:14So is it a bad look four days out? And what do you think happen here? You know, I don't know what happened, Harry. Clearly, I think there was some miscommunication about where the president can be most helpful. But look, here's the bottom line, whether it's a rally in person or tele-rallies, which they were talking about doing for a lot of time there, the president needs and what he's best at is getting our base out. Whether that's in person, do it. If it's via telephone, do it. But like, again, that is his secret weapon. We need to put him where he's most helpful. The difference with tele-rallies is he can do a lot more in a SHORTING THE RALLYS A DAY.

9:44IF HE WAS A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME, HE COULD PROBABLY DO ONE OF THESE BIG RALLYS A DAY. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOING TWO BIG RALLYS OR SIX RATE TOTAL RALLYS. I HEAR YOU ABOUT THAT. HE ALSO SNAPPED AT THAT REPORTER WHO ASKED HIM IF HE WAS CANCELING THE RALLYS BECAUSE HE WAS FEELING TIRED OR SICK. HE GOT UPSET WITH THAT QUESTION. YEAH, TO BE FAIR, NOT A surprised when you see President Trump snapping at reporters. Not the first time. It probably won't be the last. But yeah, I mean, he certainly doesn't like being asked about that. But yeah, look, I don't care how he does it, but he needs to do what he does best is get that base out, because that's what we need in spades come Tuesday.

10:19Yeah, Missy, let's talk about Alaska. What is happening to Democrats there? Not a good look right now, so close to the election. Look, politics has always included some tricky tactics, nothing illegal. I know the president and Todd Blanch. I know, but you don't want to get caught, you know? I mean, it's not good when you get caught like that. Well, sometimes it's very blatant. Like in Idaho, they had somebody on the ballot that went by the name Pro-Life. I mean, just put the message right out there. Mary Pelotola has said and continues to say that she herself personally did not have anything to do with this.

10:48We know that this came because of the New York Times great reporting from a disgruntled staffer who's no longer with the campaign. And frankly, this was also done to her when she was running in a House race where Republicans put a man who was quite literally in jail on the ballot to run against her. I want to show you a sample of the latest polls in Alaska to also show our viewers how close this race is. These candidates are neck and neck. Mary Peltola is in trouble when it comes to sort of the questions being asked right now. And I guess the voters are going to have to ask themselves, OK, if your former campaign manager and other people aligned with the Democratic Party were part of this conspiracy, how did you not know?

11:25Right? Well, as a good staffer, I'll tell you, sometimes you keep the principle out of it. Yeah. You think she'll survive this? Do you think it's going to hurt? I think it is going to be close. And I will say, and this might be why there needs to be different tactics when it comes to ballot stacking, that because of how close it is, this really could have an impact in these final days. Yeah. Matt, the Alaska governor, Republican, you know, has opened an investigation to the double Dan Sullivan's or the decoy Dan, whatever you want to call it. He spoke earlier about the impact it's having on voters.

11:55Let's LET'S TAKE A LISTEN. NO, I THINK PEOPLE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH IT. I THINK THERE'S A GROWING ANGER THE MORE WE LEARN ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED. AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF OUR INVESTIGATION, ACTUALLY A CENTRAL PART OF IT. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED? BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S NOT RIGHT. IT STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. NOT JUST REPUBLICANS BUT DEMOCRATS AS WELL. UNDECLARED. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. SO LOOK, MATT, EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, THE TOP TWO POLLING ISSUES, THE ECONOMY AND COST OF LIVING. BUT RIGHT AFTER THAT, IN A LOT OF STATES, IT'S CORRUPTION. IT'S PRESERVING DEMOCRACY. ALL RIGHT? THIS SEEMS TO GO AGAINST THAT.

12:29THAT BEING SAID, WE 'VE BEEN TALKING TO VOTERS. THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE AS MUCH AS THE MEDIA CARES. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN ALASKA? I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE TIGHT. AND IT WAS GOING TO BE TIGHT BEFORE THIS. BUT I WILL SAY THIS, RIGHT? IF I'M THE PELTOLA CAMPAIGN OR I'M WHATEVER, RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND YOUR LAST

12:51Media is paying attention. Talking about this, you know, you never want to have a candidate claiming they didn't have responsibility. Look, when you try to deceive voters, that's what this is at its core, right? That is hurtful. That is harmful to the Democratic process across the board. And that's what the question is. That's what at stake, regardless of what happened at Election Day, candidly. That's right, Matt. Yemesi, I want to ask you, there's a neck-and-neck race for Senate in Mississippi, which is obviously very, very strange, right? Deep red state shouldn't be this close. It is close.

13:21The Democratic contender here, Scott Colom, was on Meet the Press now with Kristen Welker. I want to play a little bit of that interview. Let's listen in. And there's some people in the party that they are just treading water, right? What's the path to least resistance to get to 51? Oh, my gosh, we did it. That's not the right way to think. In this particular moment, you have to think about how can we win everywhere because we need to represent working people in a way where we actually deliver. Scott Cologne there being critical of the Democratic Party. Is he right? I think that Southern Democrats are right about a lot of the criticism that the Democratic Party has on how it invests in the South.

14:00Scott Cologne is a great candidate. The ground game in Mississippi is actually changing. Their governor's race that happened, it was three points between the Democrat and the Republican. They have shrunk the statehouse from a supermajority to something even smaller. Had we really made good investments in the South, instead of just assuming that Mississippi would be deep red, Scott Colom could be even further ahead than he is now. It's a really good point. I want to talk about Michigan now and sort of a larger picture question on the vice president, J.D. Vance. El-Sayed had some fun with him calling him J.V.

14:31Dance, seeming to go after him. And I'm going to ask Matt the same question to be fair here, but how do you view the vice president as a campaign surrogate? I view him as a bit unserious. He's the fun guy. He wants to be your friend, but he's not really drilling down on how you feel about this economy, the fears from parents maybe about their children that are in school and going to graduate and thinking, how is it possible that I was able to buy a house just 15, 20 years ago and that seems out of reach for a younger generation? There's a real chance for him to drill down and connect to people, especially if there's something he's looking for after the midterms.

15:05I don't ever really see him doing that. Matt Gorman, you know, and I know you're not going to say anything bad about J.D. Vance, but how is he doing out there? He's cracked some jokes that have gotten some attention when people are asking him serious questions. The president can't be everywhere. He is not President Donald Trump. He'll even tell you that. And he needs to get the reps in if he wants to run for president. So how's he doing? Look, I think people underestimate him at his own peril on the campaign trail. We saw that in 2024. You could send him to places that maybe the president might not want to go right now.

15:34He might where the president might not be in that positive. You could send Vance in there. Right. I think that's a key. He's also really quite on message. Right. When you hear him talk about the working families tax cut, he's very much on message when he goes to these events, which is helpful to whoever he's campaigning for. That's always rule number one. Don't do a net negative against the person you're campaigning for. I think he's a help with that. All right. We're four days out. I'm going to let you guys give your predictions. What's going to happen on election night? Matt, first, you up first.

16:00Look, I'll go back to what you were talking about in the South. I think we're going to see some close races in the South. And I think that, you know, I was down in Alabama just last weekend. Again, I think the governor's race, I think the Republican will pull it out, Tommy Tuberville, but it will be within 10 points. I think you're going to see races in the South, not necessarily Democrats win, but it'll be closer than you would expect. Okay, well, you didn't give me a prediction there. Keep the House, lose the House, Senate, what's the call, man? I think we keep the Senate. I think the House is going to be tough.

16:26That's a tough road, but I think we keep the Senate narrowly. Yemessie, real quick, what do you have? I think Republicans keep the Senate, and then we get some padding for Democrats in the House. That's surprising to hear from a Democrat. All right. Okay. All right. Yemesi, we thank you so much. Thanks for being here. Always great to talk to you and to talk to Matt. And join me and Savannah Guthrie, Steve Kornacki and the rest of our NBC News team Tuesday night on NBC for the best and most comprehensive midterm coverage. Okay. We're going to turn out of that market meltdown and the major tech stock sell off.

16:54The Nasdaq seen its worst day in months and Intel reporting its worst drop in decades. Tonight, concerns over an AI boom are deepening. Our Brian Chung explains. It was deep red across Wall Street today as investors soured on tech stocks burning cash to fuel the AI build out, erasing more than one trillion dollars from the sector. Among the biggest losers, Intel, falling over 28 percent in the worst drop for the stock in at least four decades. The company, which includes the U.S. government among its investors, saying in an earnings call that its investments are costing big. I don't think that that, you know, this will be a year in which we see positive cash flow.

17:31Intel's spill taking down with it other big chip makers like Nvidia dropping more than 4%. Investors once giddy over big tech's massive investments now asking when that spending will pay off. And as Wall Street wrestled with AI, cryptocurrency traders dealt with a massive breach, over$6 billion stolen from crypto exchange Binance. Your assets are safe. The company's co-CEO trying to reassure customers. I want to be clear, we are committed to covering all hacked losses through our company funds. GEOFF BENNETT, Binance, saying hackers may have been able to tap into a compromised laptop and additional breach points, draining the funds.

18:09An investigation from TRM Labs said the withdrawals took just 20 minutes and were likely carried out by North Korea. TRM Labs' Aerie Redboard says it's the largest heist ever. DR. TRIM Labs, North Korea in particular, has really, really directed their resources at attacking the crypto ecosystem. And I worry that nowhere is absolutely safe today. A number of crypto companies said they were able to freeze around$3 billion of the stolen funds, with the rest controlled by the hackers, as experts say the threat is only getting bigger. Brian Chung joins us now live on set for Top Story. Brian, two questions for you, right?

18:46There's going to be big market movers next week. You have Apple reporting earnings and you of the midterms. How do we think that's going to affect the market overall? Do we know? Yeah. Well, I mean, Apple, by the way, which is now the only publicly traded$5 trillion company in terms of net worth, is actually something that is insulated from the AI fears because of their reluctance to really go full all in into AI like a lot of other companies like Google, like Meta, have. Now, when it comes to the midterms, that's a huge catalyst because control of Congress is going to be really big for the economy as well as AI regulation, which are two matters that, of course, investors really care a lot about.

19:18And then as far as the tech sell-off right now, do we think this continues throughout the year and then come January, people can write off those losses and they'll think about a new strategy? Well, I mean, look, this is the thing. I don't have a crystal ball into what the stock market's going to do next, but what's going on right now is very similar to the spills that we saw in June. You recall that in June, we saw a lot of tech companies go down. In fact, we had a worse day on the NASDAQ back in June than even compared to today. And a lot of that was over the same talking point. Did these investors get too excited about these artificial intelligence investments?

19:49And for that reason, there's a reason to think that maybe this could be a similar situation. We'll be smoothing over it and we go right back up. I think earnings are going to be big. Anthropic is going public. That's going to be a big story as well. Investors are saying that could be the next catalyst. So there are reports out there describing what's happening in China as an AI flop in their stock market as well. Is there anything that we can pull from what's happening in China? I think the story is generally the same, which is that investors, whether in China or in the United States, they're trying to figure out what is the time by which the companies making these massive investments are going to start to turn that around in the form of higher revenue, more profits that they can distribute to shareholders.

20:25I think the Google story yesterday where they reported earnings, Google's search results did not hold up to what investors were hoping for. And a big reason for that was because it was getting cannibalized by artificial intelligence mode, which Google hasn't been yet, hasn't yet monetized to a high degree. So for that reason, there's that gap. Okay, yeah, they're making those AI investments. Is it going to be one year? Is it going to be five years before that turns into something they can monetize? That's the big question for investors. Okay, Brian Chung, great to see you on a Friday. Thank you.

20:51Overseas, tens of thousands are taking to the streets in Italy, protesting the cost of living and military spending. Demonstrators in Rome clashing with riot police, and our Richard Engel caught right in the middle of it. Flash grenades and riot police meeting demonstrators on the streets of Rome tonight. PROTESTERS ARE GATHERING HERE. SOME OF THEM ARE THROWING BOTTLES AT THE POLICE. YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTLES HITTING THE GROUND THERE. AND THE POLICE ARE PREPARED FOR WHAT LOOKS LIKE A CHARGE, AND THAT IS A WATER CANNON TRUCK IN POSITION. WHAT HAD BEEN OCCASIONAL SKIRMISHES ACROSS ITALY THROUGHOUT THE DAY GAVE WAY TO AN EVEN MORE CONFRONTATION SOME AT NIGHT.

21:33If you listen, not all the protesters are happy with what is going on right now. Some are saying, stop this, stop this. It is not helpful. MILES O' We took cover behind a car, as police used a water cannon trying to disperse a crowd, growing increasingly threatening. And here it comes. MILES O' Tens of thousands marched in Italy today, many of them young people, angry over the cost of living. 20-year-old Luca says he's studying to be a doctor. We have been told in all these years that we don't have money for proper education, we don't have money for health care. And then we hear them every day bragging about how they are going to increase the military budget.

22:13He was part of the peaceful protest by day that devolved in the night. So the police have now charged to move back the demonstrators. You can see them rushing right there to clear out the crowds. Here are the police wagons. Force ultimately used to return order to the streets of Rome. Since so many of the demonstrators here in Europe are very young, Italy is now holding parents responsible for vandalism and violence. Tom? Richard Engel from Italy. We're back in a moment here on Top Story with the ICE officer, now indicted after he was caught on camera striking a man with his car. We're going to show you the new body cam video after this break, Plus, the death row inmate speaking out for the first time since surviving that botched execution.

22:58And just in tonight, floodwaters tearing through a popular tourist spot in Mexico, carrying cars out to sea. We'll show you the scene ahead on Top Story.

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24:38Tonight, he's been indicted on a felony assault charge, and our Priscilla Thompson has the new body cam footage of the disturbing incident and aftermath. Got it, brother, got it, brother. Tonight, new body camera video from the ICE officer now indicted for running a man over with his car. Officer Mario Alberto Morales gets out of the vehicle as Miguel Pada Hernandez is heard crying out on the ground. Morales lifts Hernandez's right leg before turning him over on his back. Like I was coming in and I hit him with a car. Today, a Texas grand jury indicted Morales on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

25:18If you are hiding behind a badge and acting like a roving band of thugs on our streets, we will hold you accountable. ICE calling the prosecution a political stunt by Houston sanctuary politicians, adding allegations that ICE struck Miguel Pata Hernandez intentionally are reckless and false. surveillance video shows pata hernandez and another man fleeing from officers three weeks ago when pata hernandez is struck by the dark suv ice says he was in the u.s illegally but that jose mendoza cervantes was their original target though his daughter told pata's attorney her father died in 2017 dhs touting more than 4 000 arrests in texas in the last 10 days you can't have national security if you don't know who's in your country.

26:05And those individuals that entered this country illegally, we're going after you every single day. All right. Priscilla joins us now live from Houston. Priscilla, you're hearing from Morales' attorney tonight. That's right, Tom. He says that his client is innocent and will surrender likely early next week. He's also responding to comments made by the district attorney who told us that there were a number of red flags in Morales' background and said that he couldn't think of a single agency that would have hired him. But tonight, Morales' attorney tells us that he is a former military police officer and a paratrooper and says, to his knowledge, there is no claims of excessive force or run-ins with law enforcement in his background.

26:46Tom? Okay, Priscilla Thompson tonight. Still ahead, the massive roadside explosion engulfing officers in flames, how they're doing. Plus, our great American this week, the NFL Hall of Famer who traded in the gridiron for the gavel what inspired him to become a lawyer and eventually a state Supreme Court justice. But first top stories top moment and we know Brewers pitcher Jacob is Rowski has a World Series winning throw but check out this championship catch he made at the Brewers Parade today.

27:22The crowd going wild after that epic catch and chug tens of Thousands of fans lined the streets of Milwaukee today as the Brew Crew brought home their first ever World Series trophy. Very cool. Stay with us. More Top Story after this.

27:44All right, time now for Top Story's news feed, and we start with devastating flash floods in Mexico. This is in San Jose del Cabo, a popular tourist spot on the southern tip of Baja, California. those raging waters sweeping multiple cars into the ocean. It comes after heavy rain slammed the region, causing mudslides and overwhelming roads like the one you see here. And we're hearing from actress Selma Blair. She's speaking out for the first time since being arrested for assault in connection to that altercation on a plane. I take this very seriously. Not one day ever have I intended to hurt or frighten anyone.

28:21I am so sorry. Blair is accused of kicking a police officer and later attacking a nurse at the hospital after she was taken off that Delta flight earlier this month for being physically abusive. She's pleaded not guilty to the charges against her. And a fiery roadside explosion in Southern California. This is crazy. Look at this. Crews were responding to a car broken down in Riverside when it suddenly erupted into a fireball. Two officers engulfed in flames, running away just in the nick of time. Look at that. They're in the hospital with minor injuries. They say the driver of the car was arrested for driving under the influence.

28:56And a big glow up for the iconic Dwayne Wade statue standing outside the arena where the Miami Heat play. They put on an entirely new head. The change came after years of criticism with many saying the old face didn't look anything like the real D. Wade. Here you can see them side by side. The old one on the left and the Heat first unveiled the statue in 2024 honoring the Hall of Famer who was a big part of Miami's three championship teams. Yeah, that's a crazy statue. Okay, back now with the death row inmate speaking for the first time since her botched execution. Krista Pike revealing what she felt after realizing she survived two lethal injections.

29:33Jesse Kirsch has this one. Tonight, Krista Pike speaking out for the first time since her failed execution. There hasn't been a moment since that night when I haven't been in pain, she says in part in a statement released by her legal team. Adding, I still struggle to speak and the pain isn't just physical. There is pain in my mind and in my soul. In 1995, a then 18-year-old Pike murdered her 19-year-old classmate. Pike, now 50, was supposed to die by lethal injection last month. Tennessee officials administered two doses of pentobarbital. But in an apparently unprecedented situation, Pike survived.

30:12Are there physical signs on her body of the injuries caused by this? Yes, yeah. And when I first saw them, they looked like what I would think of as very severe burns. Her lawyer calling on Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to commute her sentence to life imprisonment without parole. The governor saying this on Wednesday. I suspect her sentence will be the same as it was before unless determined otherwise by the courts. In today's new statement, Pike also saying, I continue to think about my victim's family and the terrible pain and loss they have endured. Also new tonight, Pike's legal team asking a federal judge to order Tennessee officials to stop her, quote, indefinite isolation from other inmates in a prison infirmary.

31:00Tom. All right, Jesse Kirsch, we thank you. Turning to our series now, Great Americans, where we speak with people who have contributed and achieved so much in this country. Tonight, a man whose Hall of Fame football career was just the beginning of his incredible story. going on to become a state Supreme Court justice and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Tonight's Great American, Justice Alan Page. Being an American means having the opportunity to be yourself. I believe that we can create a more perfect union. Alan Page was just eight years old when the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision striking down segregation in public schools.

31:43For me, even at that early age, it had a profound impact. What it was doing was creating hope. He set his sights on a career in law, determined to join in that fight for civil rights. But another calling found him first, football. Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. He dominated at the University of Notre Dame. Then the NFL came calling. Page played 15 seasons as a defensive tackle. Marshall, Paige, Larson, and Eller. Part of the legendary Vikings defense known as the Purple People Eaters, appearing in four Super Bowls. In 1972, he was named the NFL's most valuable player, the first defensive player to be awarded that honor.

32:29Winning, that's something that we all strive for, but it doesn't change who we are or who we will become. The pursuit of justice was still his priority. Between football games, Page attended law school. He worked as an attorney for more than a decade and in 1992 became the first black man elected to the state Supreme Court. He served as a justice for 22 years, bringing his commitment to fairness and his signature bow tie to the bench. In every case had its own importance. The goal is to get it right. In 2018, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. But Page says the greatest honor he's ever received is Justice Page Middle School here in Minneapolis.

33:21This is home, and it feels like home. Hi. How you doing? Students taking the initiative to rename their school after a modern-day hero. The things that I've done, people look at that and say, that's exceptional. I'd say it's not necessarily exceptional because we all have the power to do something. No matter who we are, no matter what our background is, we all have the power to lift others up, to make things better. And a reminder, you can access exclusive NBC News extended interviews and more subscriber-only content by scanning the QR code on your screen and subscribing now. Still to come tonight on Top Story, does AI know when you're going to die?

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35:32Make every moment unforgettable. Find great gifts starting at$250. Jared, make the holiday last forever. Shop Jared Jewelers. We are back now with the booming longevity market and an app that promises to predict when you're going to die. Users submit personal data to Death Clock, and it uses AI to not only predict life expectancy, but give you tips to extend it. This Wired article titled, I Gave My Blood to the AI Death Clock, caught our eye in it's senior writer, Jason Parham, tests his own fate. And he joins us now to talk all about it. Jason, walk us through how this app works. You paid$69 for a subscription.

36:12What did that get you? So the app is trained at tracking users' health habits in an attempt to help them live a little bit longer. So when you sign up, you fill out this really extensive questionnaire. I mean, you can also get blood work done, right? So testing everything from like blood sugar, organ health, metabolism, sleep to micronutrients. The trick with Death Clock, though, is that it's trained its AI on 1200 longevity studies, actuarial data from like life insurance companies and certain life expectancy tables. So when your blood work comes back, depending on the results, it creates a sort of personalized plan to help you extend your life anywhere between 10 to 15 years.

36:52Okay, I'm going to ask you sort of macro, micro questions on this, right? Because I'm curious about the personal experience. When you did this, is it as if you had asked a psychic how long you would live? I mean, is that the way it felt? Or once you got the results, you're like, wow, okay, this is how much time I got left on this planet. It was a little disorienting at first to see the number 74, like a giant number 74 on the screen saying that's when I'll die in like August 2060. But I don't know if it may be hyper. I mean, I've been more hyper aware of death in the last few years just with everything going on.

37:24But I was really interested to see what an app could do or teach me that a doctor couldn't. Did the 74 have any resonance with you? I don't want to get into too much of your family history, but did it make sense? Or was it sort of a little shocking too early or maybe a little bit longer than you thought? It was completely shocking. People in my family typically croak in their early mid 80s. So to know that I was dying within the next 35 years kind of put a fire under my butt a little bit. So I was really interested to see what recommendations the app could give me that my doctor could. You're a good reporter.

37:59You work for Wired. You know, you trust, but you verify. Did you do anything with the data? Did you see, hey, let me run this by someone else and see what they say? Yeah, so I talked to a few experts, and they were saying how a lot of these platforms like death clocks that are all about mortality awareness. They kind of sell the illusion of death in a way to make people sort of like hyper aware of like their health. But really you can't, death isn't really like a linear process and we can track our data as much as we want, but it's really about pouring more into sort of our mindset and things like that.

38:35So people can opt, and you cover this in your story, to spend more than$700 for more in-depth tests. Does that really increase the precision of the prediction from what you can tell? I don't know if it increased the precision. It was kind of a catch-22. I'm very fortunate. I live in L.A. I have health care. But I think for somebody who doesn't have health care, this might be appealing to them in a way, right? But the catch is that sort of like you pay upwards of $800 for all these tests and all these blood tests. But it's essentially the app is still telling you to go see a doctor. It's still telling you to get more screening done, which you then have to see a specialist for.

39:10So it's necessarily something people can afford in the long run. But IT'S AN APPEALING IDEA. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE FROM READING YOUR ARTICLE ON ONLINE CALCULATOR, YOU PUT SOME STUFF IN AND YOU WOULD EITHER GO LONGER OR SHORTER. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE SIMPLE LIFE CHOICES LIKE DRINKING OR EVEN I THINK THERE WAS ONE TIME IN THE SAUNA HOW THAT ALTERED YOUR DEATH AGE. YES, I'M A GYM GUY. I'M AT THE GYM PRETTY REGULARLY. But there were certain to-do daily tasks that the app will give you, drinking eight glasses of water, getting at least 30 minutes of strength training, doing cardio, walking after you eat dinner to speed up your metabolism, going to the sauna.

39:48And so there was one day where I logged all of these daily habits, they call them, and improved my death age by six years on average. It was 5.8, but it was about six years on average. Just from doing it one day? If you continue to log these habits on average, it'll slowly improve your death age. Anything sort of change your life or your lifestyle when you did this process? No, I mean, I don't know if it totally changed my lifestyle. I mean, it did make me just aware of, like, certain habits that I have. You know, the test came back at a pretty high cholesterol, which I already knew about. and blood sugar levels that aren't great, again, which I already knew about from my primary care provider.

40:34But I think for certain people, there is an appeal to this for sure. Yeah. Jason, would you recommend it to other people your age or people that like to stay healthy? I would recommend it. I mean, if you can't afford a primary care physician, I think the CI talked to, Brian Franson, he's all about his big pitch is that he wants Death Clock to eventually replace primary care providers. And so I think for people who don't have insurance or can't afford a primary care provider, this is a good first step. But I don't think it can totally replace the sort of knowledge that an actual doctor or physician has.

41:07Jason Parham, you can read him in Wired, and that's where you can find this story as well. We thank you for joining Top Story. Appreciate it. Thanks for having me, Tom. Yeah, when we come back tonight, look at everything worth binge watching and listening to this weekend. The crime thriller series Nocturne is out just in time for Halloween. plus The Gilded Age returns for another season and new music from Megan DeStallion and J Balvin. All that and more right after this.

41:38We're back now with Binge Worthy, our look at the best things to watch and listen to this weekend. And joining us tonight is a good friend of Top Story, USA Today's senior entertainment correspondent, Ralphie Averza. But Ralphie is obviously not in his usual uniform. He's in costume here for Halloween. And, Ralphie, who exactly are you? Let's see if we can figure this one out. Well, if you couldn't figure it out by the outfit, you can definitely figure it out. Here we go. If you're a Yankee fan, we'll give you five seconds to guess. Here's who Ralphie is. It is Jazz Chisholm, the second baseman for the New York Yankees.

42:10We're not sure for how long, but definitely for the last season. Jazz, you were supposed to go 50 for 50 this year. That's what you predicted. What happened? 50 headlines, right? 50 headlines and 50 base hits? 50 headlines is definitely real. I did that. And I did my best. I did my best. And I hope the Yankees bring me back. I don't think they're going to bring me back, but I hope they do. Yeah, that was going to be my question. All right. All right, Jazz, we'll have to wait and see. Ralphie, this time, first up, we're going to talk about a new Netflix comedy. It started as a viral series on YouTube shorts.

42:40It's called Minimum Wage. A lot of people are talking about it. Let's take a look. I starred at the Slice Club almost 17 years ago. Today, every single one of my locations is turning a profit, except for this one. I'm here to ascertain whether or not we should keep this place open or sell it off to a condo developer. Give us a second chance to turn this around. I cannot wear this and deliver pizza. Who are you? I'm the pizza. All right, Ralphie, take it away. How is this? This looks like a lot of fun. It reminds me a little bit of The Office, getting some Office vibes there, but how is it? Yeah, it's so good.

43:18All of the episodes are streaming. 14 episodes. About, on average, 15 minutes each. Why so short? Because American High, as you had mentioned, this kind of started as like an internet short. They gained like all of this, you know, viral fame. And now Netflix has adapted this into a comedy. Randall Parker you've seen there. You've seen him in so many different things, including The Office. He's in it. And a shout out to Syracuse, New York. That's where American High is based. And that's where they create a lot of their stuff. So a lot of things happening in central New York right with this here.

43:49Minimum wage. Real quick, for those watching with kids, is it appropriate for kids or is it raunchy? Definitely not like young kids. Okay. Yeah, I think it's, I want to say it's PG-13-ish. PG-13, okay. All right, that looks like a lot of fun. Next up, the hit historical drama, The Gilded Age. Oh, we have some producers who just love The Gilded Age. They talk over and over. You ever met someone who loves The Gilded Age? Yes. They talk about The Gilded... Anyways, this is on HBO Max. Here's your clip. You're quite the gentleman these days. Do none of us will be good enough for him? I think you won't be good enough.

44:22Are you allowing enough time for your own life? What if this is my life? What I'm meant to do. This must be a dignified affair. She seems to think this is her wedding, but it's Peggy's time. We can't always have what we want. Nothing like New York City in the 1880s. Fourth season. Again, people who love the Gilded Age love it. I've never seen an episode, but it's great. Four seasons. You've got to be good. No, exactly. If you're on HBO Max and you're into season four, and you get these episodes released weekly. So it's not just like, hey, here's all of them at once. HBO, that's how they get you.

44:55That's how they get you. So Sunday night's the first episode of the highly anticipated season four. We'll see Carrie Coon's character, Bertha. Obviously, she arranged a marriage in the last season. Now she's trying to, well, hold on to her status in society. But will she be able to do that? We will find out a lot more romance. romance and kissing teased for this season. So definitely not for the... Next up, if you have Apple TV, we have one for you. It's called Nocturne. I had not heard about this one. But good for Halloween. You get those scary vibes. About a serial killer. So if you're into crime, this is for you.

45:27Let's take a look. Say he can walk through walls. But you know his real power? Getting in your head.

45:38Do as I say, and you will find your victims.

45:45This case has everything to do with me. With us. And that clock is ticking. All right, so crazy awesome cast, quotation marks from one, Ralphie Averza, about this one. You said the reviews are great. I'm wondering, as great as something like the film Seven, as great as something like The Night Of on HBO years ago, is it kind of in that same league? I don't know if it's in that same league. I KNOW THAT LIEV SCHRIEBER OBVIOUSLY STARS IN THIS. HE PLAYS A RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL WHO GOES TO PENNSYLVANIA THINKING HE'S GOING TO BE RETIRED. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HE'S INVESTIGATING A CERIAL KILLER WHO'S PLAYED BY STEVEN GRAHAM.

46:23I 'VE LOVED HIM. BOARDWALK EMPIRE, IRISH MAN. I MEAN, SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. THE ADOLESCENCE. I MEAN, HE'S BEEN IN A MILLION THINGS. HE'S SUCH A GREAT ACTOR. RORY CULKIN IS IN THIS AS WELL. Yes, of the Culkin family fame. First two episodes, Apple TV Plus right now. We'll get new episodes every Friday, getting some great reviews. Okay, if you do like Scary, we have a lot in store for you because you can stream right now Obsession. It is on Peacock, and its main character is one of the top-trending Halloween costumes this year. I don't know if you know about this. Let's watch a clip. I think Nikki is going through or something.

46:59Like what? Is she okay? No. Sheesh. What kind of spells you put on her?

47:20Okay. That main character, I just ran into her. She's hosting SNL this week, right? Very popular. A lot of people are very excited about this. What is the costume, though? How do they dress as her? Do you know? There you go. Oh, okay. Oh, with the blood and everything? Oh, okay, okay. That looks like that would be an interesting costume. All right, next up, another sort of horror thriller flick. This one is called Backrooms. It's streaming on HBO Max. We talked about this a lot here on Top Story. Let's take a look. It's like a maze. It just goes on and on. Sometimes I'm scared I'll get lost. Can you hear me?

47:58I don't understand. What is this?

48:10It's beautiful. Am I right? So, Ralphie, we're going to be transparent with the audience here, right? Neither of us have seen this film. People loved it. It made a ton of money. I don't want to say low budget, but a small budget, and then it made just more and more and more money every weekend. It's making a lot of money for HBO. People say it's jump-out-of-your-seat scary. So, I mean, it just keeps getting more and more popular. And this started on YouTube, too, right? Yes, this is another one of those films, as you mentioned,$10 million budget, grossed over$400 million. Wow. And if it wasn't for Obsession, it would have been the largest grossing horror psychological film of the year, but obviously second to Obsession.

48:47So, two big films, you could stream them both. Renate Renzovist, she's fantastic. And it's Mark Duplass, this is another face that you recognize who's also in this film streaming right now. About an hour, 50 minutes. Maybe the first sort of horror film ever to start in a furniture store, right? Furniture store, guy discovers a door, starts finding another room, another room, and then, I don't know, there's a whole movie there. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, first horror movie. I'm sure there's been some other horror stories at furniture stores. Okay. All right, we're going to turn now to music. Megan DeStallion is out with a new song.

49:16She was at the Victoria's Secret. Is it a fashion show? It's the TV fashion show. Yeah. She got a lot of great reviews for that. She's got a new single out now. Let's listen.

49:39All right, so I was wondering what was going on here. Sounds like a good song. Been informed by our producers here that it was too racy, the video. It was just too hot for Top Story and binge-worthy. Too hot for streaming. Tom, it's funny. Because as I was doing some research on this song, Obviously, I listened to it when it dropped, and I was looking at the lyrics, and I'm like, you know, our editors here at Top Story, they're fantastic. They're going to have a heck of a time editing around this. So this makes a lot of sense. The video is just too racy? Yeah, but the lyrics are also pretty, I mean, she's allegedly referencing some X's, and she's talking about her persona, Tina Tuesday's back.

50:13This is a freestyle. I feel like she had taken a little bit of a break, then we saw her popping up in some commercials. You kind of get a little worried, uh-oh, where's the career going? But then she kind of popped on the Victoria's Secret show, and now she's got this new single. So is Megan Thee Stallion back? Oh, yeah. 100%. Yeah. And this Tina Tuesday persona that she has that goes viral and her fans love, that's back as well with us, which people are excited about. Okay. Next up, this is one that I picked. J Balvin, Click Click Flash. Let's see what this video looks like. Because I'm not sure if there's a video here.

50:42There's not. But let's go.

51:00Nobody wants this. It's season three, I believe. And it's great. I am binging it like crazy. And I heard this song on there, and I was like, J Balvin's got a new one. J Balvin's great. Hasn't put out a lot of new music in a long time and new kind of great music in a long time. He is great. It's been a little bit of a pause in his music. But nobody wants this. One of the things it's known for is the music. Great soundtracks. This soundtrack for season three, you got Megan Maroney, country star in the mix, Miley contributing to it, and obviously J Balvin as well, which is pretty cool. You have a lot of great groups, a lot of great solo artists.

51:32I definitely highly recommend just the soundtrack if you don't like the show. Ralphie, Jazz, I actually feel like this is a good look for you, man. You pulled this off, right? You should just dress like that, dude. You look great. My wife actually for Christmas two years ago got me this sweatshirt. That's cool. And he's warmed up in it before, similar ones. Nice. All right, Jazz, we hope you're watching. Thank you for watching Binge Worthy and Top Story. I'm Tom Yamas. We'll see you back soon. Stay right there. More news on the way.

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